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Human error is cited over and over as a cause of incidents and accidents. The result is a widespread perception of a ""human error problem"", and solutions are thought to lie in changing the people or their role in the system. For example, we should reduce the human role with more automation, or regiment human behavior by stricter monitoring, rules or procedures. But in practice, things have proved not to be this simple. The label ""human error"" is prejudicial and hides much more than it reveals about how a system functions or malfunctions. This book takes you behind the human error label. Di

Industrial safety. --- Human-machine systems. --- Human-computer interaction. --- Cognition. --- Errors. --- Computer-human interaction --- Human factors in computing systems --- Interaction, Human-computer --- Human operators (Systems engineering) --- Human subsystems (Systems engineering) --- Man-machine control systems --- Man-machine systems --- Operator-machine systems --- Industrial accidents --- Industries --- Job safety --- Occupational hazards, Prevention of --- Occupational health and safety --- Occupational safety and health --- Prevention of industrial accidents --- Prevention of occupational hazards --- Safety, Industrial --- Safety engineering --- Safety measures --- Safety of workers --- Mistakes --- Prevention --- Psychology --- Human engineering --- User-centered system design --- User interfaces (Computer systems) --- Engineering systems --- Accidents --- System safety --- Fallibility --- Industrial safety --- Human-machine systems --- Human-computer interaction --- Cognition --- Errors --- E-books --- Cognitive psychology --- Transport. Traffic --- Fallibility. --- Human engineering. --- Ergonomics --- Human factors in engineering design --- Bioengineering --- Environmental engineering --- Industrial engineering --- Human comfort --- Human-robot interaction --- Philosophical anthropology